"Nature has been extremely generous, it is sumptuous," said Denis Dubourdieu, director of the Bordeaux Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences and a renowned winemaker.
Growers said the mix of fine days but cool, dry nights in the final days before grape picking began last month had been the finest since 1949.
The cool nights stopped the grapes from over-ripening and added sophistication. July and August were ideally hot and sunny. Then just when drought threatened to stop the grapes from ripening and developing crucial tannins to help age the wines, the rain came.
As a result, he said, the grapes have all the sugar content, colour and fruitiness found in the greatest of vintages.
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